【正文】 of the culturepattern. For example, the features of Chinese quadrangle courtyard show vividly the value pattern of collectivism of the country。 it is the culture that people depending on to prehend and use a language. As a branch of the cultural linguistics, cultural semantics concerns the ethnocultural semantic character of the words, and the irrational analysis method in form restricted by the national culture。受集體主義價(jià)值模式的影響，中國形成四合院式、土木結(jié)構(gòu)的住宅；而英國個(gè)人主義價(jià)值模式的影響形成了獨(dú)立式的住宅。從而得出了中英文化中不同的個(gè)人獨(dú)立狀態(tài)和私人空間意識(shí)。s just the type of house in the city only. In fact, such quadrangle frame is the basic structure of Chinese buildings that can be found all over the country. “Seeing from the aspect of history, there are many ethnic conventions of various characteristics. However, as a unified country for such a long age in the history, all the peoples shared a mon culture traditionally. The evolution of architecture covered a process from the nest and cave residences in the far ancient times, then the house of timber structure and soil wall built on the ground to the wellformed quadrangle courtyard. The plete quadrangle courtyard had appeared for a long time since the West Zhou Dynasty. Construction of timber framework, quadrangle courtyard formation makes the basic and unique Chinese architectures’ characteristics. This kind of structure is the root of most 淮陰師范學(xué)院 本科生畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計(jì)） 7 Chinese buildings that it can be found all over the country. For instance, all the Chinese styles of palaces, offices, monasteries, ancestral temples are based on this structure” (Gao 34). It shows out that the quadrangle courtyard is so mon a structure that spreading all over the country and it is the most traditional type of house in China. A quadrangle courtyard refers to an enclosure with rooms on four sides, each which is occupied by a unit of a few rooms. The four sides are linked by covered corridors. The enclosure is pact and cozy and is usually with gardens inside the pound. For the plexity of the conditions of the geographical and cultural conditions of such a large country, the quadrangle courtyard changed into many forms as varies in size and decorative parts. There are small ones with one yard surrounded by houses, or even without house along one side of the quadrangle. And large courtyards are of numbers, too. For example, the Chinese Emperor’s palace –Zijincheng, is the biggest quadrangle courtyard in the world. British residences There are mainly three traditional classes in the British society. The highest social class of nobility had their seats in the countryside and also houses in the cities. “The seat in the countryside includes the residence of the family of blood relationship, ancestral cemeteries nearby, and a church in the neighborhood for convenience. However, in the middle of 19th century, the small and fortable villas of the midclass built on the suburban districts became popular among people”(Qian 284).The traditional houses are usually of two storeys, with two rooms on each floor, one in the front and the other to the back. Sometimes there is a small room above on the hall. Old houses in the central areas of the city are much larger in size and higher with more storeys. Some of them are detached houses with empty land all around. Such detached houses are very large and take up lands so that they are the most expensive type of housing. Most of the British are yearning for such a house for “it has privacy from neighbors and is ideal for keen gardeners who have plenty of time to work in the garden” (Wu 79). There are some other types of British houses such as the semidetached houses, terraces, bungalows, and blocks of flats. Among these styles, the semidetached is the most popular. This type of house is built as one of a pair of houses which share a central wall. This saves land because they do not have 淮陰師范學(xué)院 本科生畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計(jì)） 8 gardens all around like a detached house. The house usually has a small garden at the front and a larger one at the back and perhaps a garage at the side. Such structure of semidetached may keep quiet surroundings for living and not as expensive as the detached ones. The semidetached houses are built mainly at the edge of the cities. Besides, the bungalows are the favorite of those old people and the blocks of flats are showed no interest in. Comparison of the main features Seeing from the exterior, British houses are usually storeyed houses with high sharp roofs with the shape of acute angle pointing into the sky, impressing people by a kind of serious spirit. And they are standing high above on the ground, just like a man flaunting himself. These houses are standing individually far from other architectures. Chinese architectures are mainly not standing highly but spreading on the surface of the ground. They are houses connected by corridors and pavilions to be architectural group as a whole. There’s no architecture of single house in Chinese style, even the simplest living houses for the mons are enclosures made up a unit of houses. The British architectures are usually made of stone like works of sculpture that is very robust and tight without any connections to the surroundings. The house is depending on the walls to support the roof to stand. However, things are quite different in Chinese houses. The traditional Chinese houses are made of soil wall and timber framework. It’s not the wall but the timber that supporting the roof. In this kind of houses, the framework will still stand as usual even if the walls were taken off. 5. Cause and the embodiment The cause of the distinctions The distinctions of the different architectural features result in the different culture pattern of the two countries. As the British pattern focus on individualism while the Chinese concern the collectivism. According to Liu’s research